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Education and Training Inspectorate - (Tier 4) Educational Oversight
20 December 2011
The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI), on behalf of the Department of Education, has agreed with the UK Border Agency to undertake the inspection of education and training providers in Northern Ireland for the purpose of (Tier 4) Educational Oversight. By the end of 2012 sponsors in Northern Ireland will need to have had at least a satisfactory inspection by the ETI.
The closing date for applications for 2012 Educational Oversight inspections is Monday 30th April 2012
Inspection Leading to Improvement: Business Year 2010-11.
07 September 2011
The Education and Training Inspectorate published recently an annual report 'Inspection Leading to Improvement: Business Year 2010-11.'The report confirmsthat inspection is a very powerful catalyst for improvement and for the fostering of a culture of self-evaluation across all phases in education. As raising standards and achievements are central to current educational policies, the Inspectorate looks forward to continuing to make a significant contribution to ‘raising the bar - and closing the achievement gap’, in the very best interests of children, young people and adult learners across our education, youth and training sectors.
Appointment of the New Chief Inspector of the Education and Training Inspectorate
16 May 2011
Noelle Buick is the new Chief Inspector of the Education and Training Inspectorate. She took up her post on 16 May 2011. Mrs Buick is originally from Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh. After graduating from Queen’s University Noelle lived and worked in Jordan for three years before moving to England where she worked as a teacher and senior manager in education and training. She has been an inspector since 1998 and has previously worked in the Further Education Funding Council (Inspectorate) and the Adult Learning Inspectorate. She has inspection experience across a wide range of inspection remits including schools, further education, work-based learning, initial teacher education and youth provision and has held a number of senior positions in inspection, most recently in Ofsted - the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.
